Marks and Gestures

San Francisco based artist interested in urban iconography, intentional & unintentional marks, and the dialogue between art and technology.

[jonwessel]

Place Holder (5 of 14) March 8, 2016 #placeholder #graffiti #trashreceptacle #crosswalk #postsomethingeverday #break #city #vacationfrominstagram #sortof #andnotreally #sanfrancisco #copyright_jon_wessel_2016

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Mad Spring (3/3/16) #graffiti #tagging #marks #sanfrancisco #jonwessel #copyright_jon_wessel_2016

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Pretty patterns from the homeless encampments (3/2/16) #pattern #homeless #city #graffiti #tags #tagging #underthefreeway #sanfrancisco #copyright_jon_wessel_2016

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Guerrero and 15th Street #sanfrancisco #city #gentrification

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Sky-hi (2/3/16) #pattern #graffiti #shadows #tagging #city #urban #jonwessel #copyright_jon_wessel_2016

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The heart still beats in the dark (2/3/16) #themeandvariations #robertmotherwell #darkness_looming #elegytothespanishrepublic #jonwessel

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Construction Site (living on fences) (1/31/16) #herronpoint #sanfrancisco #city #urban #recycle #fromwhereitcame #mystudioisonlymystudio #jonwessel #copyright_jon_wessel_2016

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I love the friendly, informal "hi" (1/31/16) #17th and Missouri #sanfrancisco #scrawls #jonwessel #city

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Theme and variation of Motherwell. Sans noire. (1/30/16) #themeandvariations #robertmotherwell #darkness_looming #abatement #walls #city #jonwessel

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Selfie at Motherwell Room at the DeYoung Museum. Boy do I love these pieces (1/30/16) #deyoungmuseum #robertmotherwell #selfie #jonwessel

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I've always been drawn to Motherwell's series "Elegies to the Spanish Republic." Today I stumbled across an image of his while thinning out my "Art in America" back issues. I hope you will indulge me while I explore some themes and variations. #robertmotherwell #themeandvariations #jonwessel (1/29/16)

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My beauty's ugly (1/29/16) #graffiti #city #tagging #drips #markers #marks #urban #pink #yellow #green #jonwessel #copyright_jon_wessel_2016

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Remake (1/26/16) #portrait #jonwessel #copyright_jon_wessel_2016

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The shadow of oneself is sometimes all you need (1/26/16) #selfportrait #jonwessel #copyright_jon_wessel_2016

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Words. We need words here. (1/20/16) #graffiti #tags #marks #city #abstract #jonwessel #copyright_jon_wessel_2016

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At work (1/9/16) #abatement #walls #urban #jonwessel #copyright_jon_wessel_2016

[jonwessel]

Outside/Inside/Outside (1/8/16) Interested in the connection and dynamic between an artist's studio work and their outside (everyday) world. I've started to re-introduce some of my urban iconography work (tags, graffiti, abatement) back into the everyday world from which it came. We'll see how this goes. (hunter's point shipyard)